Overshoe.



c. E. LAYBOUN.

OVERSHOE.

APPLICATION man omas. 1.916.

Patented Mar. 5, 1918.

i I I CHARLES E. LAYBOURN, F KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI..

OVERSHOE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 5, 1918.

Application led October 23, 1916.l Serial No. 127,244.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. LAYBOURN,

a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in 0vershoes, of which the following vis a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in a new article of manufacture in the form of an overshoe, and one object is to provide an overshoe made of one piece of strong, durable, and inexpensive fabric such as burlap, canvas, etc.

A further object is to produce an article of this character which can be manufactured and sold for a small sum, in order to be within the reach of persons of limited means who will ndv the overshoe useful in protecting their leather shoes from wear and in keeping their feet warm and comfortable in cold weather. l

Other objects of the-invention will hereinafter appear, and in order that said invention may be fully understood, reference will now be made to the accompanying drawing, in which: l

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a complete overshoe made in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the blank from which the overshoe is formed.

' Incarrying out the invention, I take a piece of burlap or other suitable fabric, and

. cut therefrom a blank 1 consisting of substantially parallel straight sides 2 and 3, substantially parallel ends 4 and 5, and curved edges 6, 7 8 and 9, as disclosed by Fig. 2. f

After the blank 1 has been properly formed as above described, it is folded along the central transversev dotted lines 11 to bring the oppositelyfdisposed ends 4 and 5 together, so that the completed overshoe will have two thicknesses of fabric throughout to materially prolong the Wearing quality thereof. The folded blank is then sewed together at the sides 2 and 3, and the registering ledges 6 and 7 and 8 and 9, respectively, are sewed together from their juncture with the sides 2 and 3, about-half way to their juncture with the ends 4 and 5. The article is then turned inside out and temporarily folded along the line 15 to bring the folded edges 3 and 2 together and the edges 6, 7, 8 and 9, in register with each other. Said registering edges 6, 7 8 and 9 are then sewed together from their juncture with the ends 4 and 5 to a point about midway to their juncture with 'the sides 2 and 3. This leaves an opening 16 in the front and top of the overshoe, so that the same can bereadily slipped on and olf by the wearer. The back seam 17, running along the lines 11, is nextlsewed to close the back of the overshoe and stitching is run along the curved lines 12 to give the heel 13 a rounded appearance.

The temporary fold along the line 15 is next flattened out and creases along the lines 20 are formed to make the lower portion of the overshoe conform more to the shape of an ordinary leather shoe, after Which the various thicknesses at the toe are sewed together to close the same and stitching is run around the curved lines 22 to round o the corners' of the toe.

The overshoe lfis then turned right side out to turn the rough edges inward and give the overshoe a finished appearance. 'I

Suitable eyelets 19, are formed along the edges of the opening 16 to receive a suitable" lace for securing the overshoe upon the foot.

From the foregoing description, it is apparent that I have produced an overshoe possessing the features of advantage above enumerated, and while I have shown and described the preferred form of the shoe, I reserve the right to make such changes in the construction, proportion, and arran ement of parts as properly fall within t e spirit and scope of the claim.

Having thus described my'invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: i

As a new article of manufacture, an overshoe Inade from a single blank having parallel side and end edges connected by curved edges, said blank being folded along a transverse median line to bring said end edges 'into register and to bring ythe curved edges on one side of said median line into register with the curved edges on the other `side of said line, the blank being again folded and stitched together in such manner as to form a complete shoe having a sole and upper of.

'double thickness of material throughout.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, 105

in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES E. LAYBOURN.

-Witnessesz J. C. SNODDY,

F. G. FISCHER. 

